For some time the vestry meetings were regularly held there; but it was observed that the old Boar never held up his head under church government.

Contracts for timber and for masons to work on the bridge were authorized at vestry meetings.

Minutes from the vestry meeting two weeks later record a resolution to build a "church of brick, 40' X 55', in the Gothic style".

The name Trinity Church was chosen at the first vestry meeting, held on July 13, 1861.

This new meeting was supervised by the parish priest, probably the best educated of the inhabitants, and it evolved to become the vestry meeting.

With the decay of the feudal system, the vestry meetings succeeded in acquiring greater responsibilities, they having the power to grant or deny payments from parish funds.

He had arrived as vicar in 1830, chaired vestry meetings and eventually raised sufficient loans to rescue the parish from its plight.

The civil function was exercised through vestry meetings which administered the Poor Law and were responsible for local roads and bridges.

A vestry meeting held in June 1897 resolved to form a committee to plan the rebuilding of the chancel of St. Remigius.

Originally called the Church House, it was used for vestry meetings from the 1600s to 1878.